The alumni from the Conservatory of Dance are all over the world performing, creating, teaching and shaping the future of our art form. Listed below are the alumni who are in or have been in dance.
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Partial List of Conservatory of Dance Alumni
Conservatory of Dance Recent Alumni Sightings 2004-2005
Choreographers Who Have Founded Their Own Companies
Partial List of Conservatory of Dance Alumni
Past or Present Work
ALASKA DANCE THEATRE - Heather Canterbury McEwen '93; Noelle Rose '88
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATRE - Krisha Marcano '93; Barbara Pouncie '79; Dion Wilson '01
AILEY REPERTORY - Nelson Cabassa '98; Lanette Costas '98
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE - George Thompson
AMERICAN REPERTORY BALLET - Peng-Yu Chen '03; Li Chuan Lin '03
AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE - Jennifer Jiles '88
ANNABELLE GAMSON DANCE SOLOS, INC. - Sue Bernhard '77; Pamala Jones '88
ARIZONA BALLET - Whitney Schulman '93
BALLET DE BUENOS AIRES - Ray Sullivan '92
BALLET CONTEMPORANEAO - Oriana Franco '85; Victor Bob Hom '98
BALLET HISPANICO - Rochelle Aytes '98; Rachel Berman '85; Deborah Crocker '94; Ney Fonseca '83; Rebecca Jefferson '94; Arleane Lopez '98; Lynne Morrissey '89; Eric Rivera '96; Nancy Turano '85
BALLET LONG ISLAND - Megan Doyle '97; Heather Canterbury McEwen '93
BALLET WEST - Chris Anderson '99
BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE - Kyle Abraham '00; Alan Barnes '87; Stefanie Bland '97; Rosalynde LeBlanc '94; Marc Mann '94; Lori Miller '88; Rhonda Moore '79; Stuart Singer '07; Gordon White '90
BOSTON BALLET - Chris Anderson '99
BRENDA DANIELS DANCE COMPANY - Paula Swiatkowski '81
BUGLISI-FOREMAN DANCE - Devon Bailey '03
CAROLYN DORFMAN COMPANY - Andrew Carter '87; Laurie Hershberger '92; Nancy Shevitz Hubner '93; Wen Lin Tsuai '92
CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY (Hong Kong) - Gregory Livingston '91; Selina Tan '94
CLEVELAND/SAN JOSE BALLET - Corey Colfer '91
CLOUD NINE (Amsterdam, Holland) - Marsha Carter '87
COLUMBIA CITY BALLET (South Carolina) - Denise Frey '93
COMPANIA NACIONAL DE DANZA (Madrid) - Nicolo Fonte '87
CONNECTICUT BALLET THEATRE - Barrie Brennan '88; Denise Frey '93; Jennifer Gould '87; Onalie Wirth '89
DANCE BRAZIL - Michael Martin '92
DANCE BY NEIL GREENBERG - Caitlin Cook '91; Justine Lynch '92; Antonio Ramos '95; Colin Stillwell '01
DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM - Alan Barnes '87; Kim Bishop '88; John Hill '88; Yvonne Labrada '93; Dennis Lue '90; Ginna Ortiz '94; Dion Wilson '01; Pei-yu Wu '97
DAVID PARSONS DANCE COMPANY - Elizabeth Koeppen '89
DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY - Angela Reid '93
DIANE JACOBOWITZ DANCE COMPANY - Katherine McGowan '91
DONALD BYRD/THE GROUP - Michael Blake '81; Jen Perry '99; Devin Pullins '99
DOUG ELKINS COMPANY - Nancy Coehen '79; Susan Moran '87; Alan Tibbetts '89
DOUG VARONE COMPANY - Nancy Coehen '79; Cria Merchant '00; Kayvon Pourazar '00; Jessica Swanson '98
DOUG VARONE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA - Peng-Yu Chen '03; Alexander Escalante '99; Colin Stillwell '01
ELISA MONTE DANCE - Po-Chieh Chen '02; Lanette Costas '98; Tiffany Rea '03
ERICK HAWKINS DANCE COMPANY - Beth Simons '93
ESSE AFICIONADO - Veronica De La Rose '99, Gina Graham '99, Maki Morinoue '99
FRED DARSOW DANCE COMPANY - Maya Ciarrocchi '89; Anne Wennerstrand '85
H.T. CHEN & DANCERS - Natsuki Arai '02; Chellamar Bernard '07; Antoine Gadpaille '00; Victor Bob Hom '98; Anthony Kennedy '93; Ari Loeb '02; Tsu-I Yang '00; Roxanna Young '90
FRANKFURT BALLET - Alan Barnes '87
HARTFORD BALLET - Monica Levy '79
HOULIHAN AND DANCERS (FL) - Karin Zoeller '91
HOUSTON BALLET - Kathryn Warakomsky '83
HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO - Jason Ohlberg
JEAN ERDMAN REVIVALS - Kikilia Fordman '86
JOSÉ LIMÓN COMPANY - Kathryn Alter '01; Sue Bernhard '77; Michael Blake '81; Pamala Jones '88; Jonathan Riedel '01; Roel Seeber '01; Doug Varone '78; Kevin Wynn
JUBILATION DANCE COMPANY - Jerry Gaines '87
KEI TAKEI/MOVING EARTH - Sam Yip '86 (with the angels)
KEVIN WYNN COLLECTION - Stefanie Bland; Tom Caley '93; Ruben Graciani '94; Pamala Jones '88; Elizabeth Koeppen '89; Lara Licharowicz '96; Teresa Lebron '91; Marc Mann '94; Mia Mansfield '90; Michael Martin '92; Cathleen McCarthy '83; Lynn Morrisey '89; Elizabeth Pape '95 (with the angels); Colleen Stephens '91; Mary Ann Trotter '91
LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY - Marc Mann '94; Susan Shields '88; Doug Varone '78
LAURA DEAN AND DANCERS - Annette Ferguson '85; Ney Fonseca '83; Jennifer Portnoy '89; Margaret Wallin '87; Anne Wennerstrand '85
LI CHIAO-PING DANCE - Dianne Aldrich '93
LIDO (Paris) - Jonathan Brooke '87 (with the angels)
LJADA (Berne, Switz.) - Toby Arrington '90
LUCINDA CHILDS COMPANY - Margaret Wallin '87
MARGARET JENKINS COMPANY - Joseph Copley '03; Stephanie Maher '89; Joan Norvelle '85; Melissa Rolnick '79
MARK MORRIS COMPANY - Ruth Davidson '78; Ruben Graciani '94 apprentice; Utafumi Takamura '93 apprentice
MARK TAYLOR / DANCE ALLOY (PA) - Lori Brungard '87; Danielle Shapiro '82
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY - Terese Capucilli '78; Kathy Crockett; Vivien Eng '85; Marc Mann '94; Krisha Marcano '93; Sharon Neverson '84; Kim Stroud '79; Stephanie Tooman MFA '00
MATHEW NASH DANCE THEATRE - Gayle Madeira '92; Jean McDade BFA '89, MFA '01
MEG WOLFE/WILD ANGELS UNLIMITED - Dianne Aldrich '93; Danielle Brust '94; Mariah Maloney '92; Wen Lin Tsuai '92; Kelly Wadlegger '92
MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY - Hellen Barrow '80; Thomas Caley '93; Susan Emery '76; Jennifer Goggans '00; Alan Good '77; Mandy Kirshner '99; China Laudisio '95; Tara Lorenzen -2nd Company '04; Matthew Mohr '93; Dennis O'Connor '85; Cheryl Therrien '88; Jennifer Weaver '90
METROPOLITAN OPERA BALLET - Alex Escalante '99; Cynthia Heim '87; Kim Stroud '79
MID-ATLANTIC DANCE COMPANY (NC) - Beth Jones '89
MOMIX - Denise Annie Way '89; Kori Darling '91; Ja'hain Clark '93; Ned Malouf '95
NACHO DUATO - Nicolo Fonte '87
NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY - Catherine Green '90; Chard Gonzalez '99; Mia Mansfield '90; Katherine McGowen '90
NETA PULVERMACHER DANCE COMPANY - Jeffery Crumrine '02
NICHOLAS ANDRE DANCE THEATRE - Jonathan DeMone '05; Antoine Gadpaille '00; Li-Chuan Lin '03
OAKLAND BALLET - Joseph Copley '03
ODC (San Francisco) - Ney Fonseca Jr. '83
PASCAL RIOULT DANCE THEATER - William Brown '03; Brian Flynn '99; Stacey Soroczynski '02
PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY - Rachel Berman '85; Hernando Cortez '85; Jill Echo BFA '87, MFA '00; Michelle Fleet '99; Denise Roberts '84; Theodore Thomas '92
TAYLOR 2 - Jared Wootan '99
PETER PUCCI PLUS DANCERS - Maureen Domaso '98; Nick Seligson-Ross '01; Waka Watanabe '97
REBECCA KELLY DANCE COMPANY - Angehyue D'Addario '84; Laura Corighano '91; Beth Anne LaComb '88; Lisa Spinella '83
SENTA DRIVER DANCE COMPANY - Carla Barragan '90
SEVERAL DANCERS CORE (Atlanta, GA) - Maya Ciarrochi '89; Gail Giovanniello '91
SENS / NOEMIÉ LAFRANCE - Jessica Cook '05; Jeffery Crumrine '02; Ka-Ching Hon '05; Alexandra Johnson '05
SHEN WEI DANCE ART - Nohemi Barriuso MFA '04; Alexa Kershner '02; Victoria Skinner '02; Joan Wadopian '02
SHAPIRO AND SMITH - Bernard Brown '01; Gayle Gibbons '93
STREB/RINGSIDE - John Landes '95; Ned Malouf '95
STEPHEN PETRONIO - Davalois Fearon '05; Ashleigh Leite '97; Tony Ramos '96; Jennifer Weaver '90
TAKE DANCE COMPANY - Sam Black '06, Lindsey Parker '06, Stuart Singer '07
TAMI STRONACH DANCE - Tami Stronach '95
TANZMODERN (Munich) - Octavio Campos '91
THEATRE ULM (Germany) - Graham Smith '94
TRIAD DANCE COMPANY - Ronda Barber '91
TRISHA BROWN COMPANY - Lance Gries '85; Nicole Juralewicz '87; Carolyn Lucas '85; Mariah Maloney '92; Leah Morrison '03; Lisa Schmidt '81; Todd Stone '95; David Thomson '85 BALA
TWYLA THARP AND DANCERS - Mauri Cramer '82; Jodi Melnick '85; Gordon White '90
URBAN BUSH WOMEN - Christalyn Wright '91
VERB BALLET / HERNANDO CORTEZ - Marcella Alvarez '04; Katie Gnagy '05
WASHINGTON BALLET - Amy Walker '97
WENDY PERRON DANCE COMPANY - Lori Brungard '87; Fred Darsow '87 BALA
WHITE OAK DANCE PROJECT - Hernando Cortez '85; Rosalind LeBlanc '94
ZEN DANCE COMPANY - Tzyy Yann Hsu '91
ZENON DANCE COMPANY - Christy Coughlin '94
ZVI GOTHEIMER - Marc Mann '94
Conservatory of Dance
Recent Alumni News 2004-2005
ALUMNI PERFORMING IN COMPANIES
MARCELLA ALVAREZ (‘04) joined the Verb Ballet / Hernando Cortez in Ohio.
DEVON BAILEY ('03) performed with Buglisi-Foremon Dance at their Joyce season.
NOHEMI BARRIUSO (MFA '04) is performing with Shen Wei Dance Art.
SAM BLACK (‘06) is performing with the Také Dance Company.
JESSICA COOK (‘05) is performing with the SENS / Noémie Lafrance in New York City.
JOSEPH COPLEY (‘03) has joined the Oakland Ballet.
LANETTE COSTAS (‘98) joined Elisa Monte Dance.
JEFFERY CRUMRINE (‘02) is currently performing with Noémie Lafrance and Neta Pulvermacher Dance Company.
JONATHAN DEMONE (‘05) joined the Nicholas Andre Dance Theatre.
CHRISTINE ELMO (‘05) performed in Somatic:Substrata in December 2004.
ALEX ESCALANTE ('99) has recently been seen performing with the Donna Uchizono Company.
DAVALOIS FEARON (‘05) joined the Stephen Petronio Company.
KATIE GNAGY (‘05) joined the Verb Ballet / Hernando Cortez in Ohio.
FLORA KACHING HON (‘05) is performing with the SENS / Noémie Lafrance in New York City, and performed in Somatic:Substrata in December 2004.
ALEXANDRA JOHNSON ('05) is performing with the SENS / Noémie Lafrance in New York City, and performed in Somatic:Substrata in December 2004.
COURTNEY JONES (‘04) is performing with Jennifer Muller / The Works.
JOAN KILGORE (‘05) joined Cedar Lake II, a contemporary ballet company based in Missouri.
TARA LORENZEN (‘04) is performing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company-2nd Company.
JINNY MCGIVERN (‘05) performed in Somatic:Substrata in December 2004.
LEAH MORRISON (‘03) performed with the Trisha Brown Dance Company.
LINDSEY PARKER ('06) performed with Buglisi-Foreman Dance at their Joyce season, and is performing with the Také Dance Company.
TIFFANY RAE (‘03) joined Elisa Monte Dance.
STUART SINGER (‘07) is currently performing with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and with the Také Dance Company.
NOOPUR SINGHA (‘05) performed in Somatic:Substrata in December 2004.
COLIN STILLWELL (‘01) joined Dance by Neil Greenberg.
JENNIFER TORTORELLO (‘06) is currently performing with AND DANCERS, INC based in Upper Nyack, New York.
JOAN WADOPIAN ('02) is performing with Shen Wei Dance Art.
Choreographers Who Have Founded Their Own Companies
SIDRA BELL (MFA ‘05); Sidra Bell Dance New York, recently seen at a benefit performance for Dance for Arts Education.
HOWARD BRETT ('00); founder of Brett Howard and Company
TERESE CAPUCILLI (‘78); co-founder of Buglisi/Forman Dance recently seen at Jacobs Pillow, MA.
HERNANDO CORTEZ (‘85); Cortez and Company, recently performed at St. Marks Place in New York City.
FRED DARSOW ('87); Fred Darsow Dance Company based in New York City.
VERONICA DE LA ROSA ('99), GINA GRAHAM ('99), & MAKI MORINOUE ('99); Esse Aficionado based in New York City.
MARIA GILLESPIE (‘93); Artistic director of Oni Dance, recently seen at CalArts Theatre in June 2005. She has be selected as one of the '25 to Watch' in the January 2005 issue of Dance Magazine.
GABRIEL KROOS ('95); Founder of krooscompany.
JODI LOMASK ('96); Artistic Director of Capacitor founded in 1997.
OFELIA LORET DE MOLA (MFA ‘05); Danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola made its New York City debut in Winter 2004 at the Cunningham Studio.
GINNA ORTIZ ('94) & THEODORE THOMAS ('92): Thomas/Ortiz Dance in New York City.
EVELYN PALLEJA (‘92); Artistic Director of Labeo Dance in Pittsburgh, PA. Evelyn is also the owner Yoga Sathana Studio.
JONATHAN RIEDEL ('01) Co-founded, with his wife, the Riedel Dance Theater in 2003, performing in NYC and Italy.
DENISE ROBERTS ('84); Co-founded DRA.
NICHOLAS SELIGSON-ROSS ('01); Nicholas Andre Dance Theatre based in New York City, recently seen at the JCC in Manhattan.
TAMI STRONACH (‘95); Tami Stronach Dance, recently seen at Saint Mark's Church in New York City.
NELLY VAN BOMMEL (MFA ‘03); NØA DANCE based in New York City.
DOUG VARONE (‘78); Doug Varone and Dancers, recently performed at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College where the company's Summer Workshop 2005 was held with great success.
KEVIN WYNN (‘79); The Kevin Wynn Collection performed at the Merce Cunningham Studio and The Joyce, among other places in New York City. Kevin is also a faculty member of the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College.
Management
SUYIN CHEW (‘90); Program director of LASALLE - SIA College of the Arts
MICHELLE LISI-WESTOVER (‘91); Company Manager for New York City Ballet.
MICHAEL MARTIN (‘92); Administative Assistant for Joyce Soho in New York City.
C. NOELLE (ROSE) PARTRUCH (‘88); Associate Artistic Director for Alaska Dance Theater, Anchorage, Alaska.
MARIA PAS VALLE-REISTRA (‘90); Co-founder of Pata de Cabra, Lima, Peru.
ELIZABETH WILLIAMS (‘99); Dancer and Administrative Assistant for Thingsezisee’m Dance/Theater in New York City.
Freelance Choreographers
MATHEW BROOKOFF (‘89) presented his work at the Merce Cunningham Studio in New York City.
BRITTANY BROWN (MFA ‘00) presented her choreography at the Roble Studio Theater at Stanford University, California.
TING-YU CHEN (‘93) presented her work at Prince George’s Publick Playhouse for the Performing Arts in Cheverly, Maryland.
DANIELLE DEPERSIS (‘98) has presented her work at The Theater of Riverside Church, The Mulberry Street Theater, and The Works Studio and The Theater of St. Michaels, all in New York City.
CARON EULE (‘97) presented her work at the Williamsberg Art Nexeus in Brooklyn, New York.
NICOLO FONTE ('87) has staged his ballets for companies, such as Pacific Northwest Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Purchase Dance Corps and Les Ballets Jazz.
ALAN GOOD (‘80) presented his choreography at La Guardia High School in New York City.
SHIH-LING (GAIL) HSU (‘01) presented her work at the Merce Cunningham Studio in New York City.
ANNA SPERBER ('98) has been actively showing her work throughout NYC, most recently showing an evening of her work at the Joyce Soho.
RACHEL STRAUSS (MFA ‘00) presented her work at The Works Studio in New York City.
RAY SULLIVAN ('92) is currently the Artistic Director / Resident Choreographer / Dancer of Miami Contemporary Dance Company and School.
COLLEEN THOMPSON presented her work at The Joyce Soho in New York City.
Professors
RACHEL BERMAN (‘85); Professor at CalArts in Los Angeles, CA.
TING YU CHEN ('94); Assistant Professor of Dance at Shenandoah University in Virginia.
COREY COLFER (‘91); Faculty at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.
GILLIAN TAK AI GEK ('94); Professor at the Nan Yang Academy of Fine Arts
MARIA GILLESPIE ('93); Professor at University of California, Los Angeles.
RUBEN GRACIANI ('95); Assistant Professor at Ohio University in Athens.
SAM KENNEY ('98); Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts- Amherst.
JEAN McDADE (MFA ‘01); faculty at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
NOELLE ROSE PARTUSCH ('88); Assistant Professor in the Dance Department at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA.
SUSAN SHIELDS ('88); Professor at George Mason University in Virginia.
SELINA TAN (‘94); Professor at the Nan Yang Academy of Fine Arts.
STEPHANIE TOOMAN (MFA ‘00) formerly of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Purchase College Conservatory of Dance faculty since 2001.
JILL BRAMMER WARE ('95); part-time Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Virginia.
KARIN ZOLLER (‘91); Faculty at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.
Broadway
NELSON CABASSA (‘98) and DENNIS LUE (‘90); The Lion King
VIVIEN ENG (‘85) and NAM HOLTZ (‘97); The King & I
JENNIFER JILES (‘90); Rockettes
KRISHA MARCANO (‘93); Aida
KRISTI PATRICIA (‘91); Phantom of the Opera